Tonix Pharmaceuticals Launches National Awareness Campaign on the Impact of Gastroparesis or Stomach Paralysis on the Absorption of Oral Migraine Medications at PAINWeek
06 September 2024 - 9:00PM
Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: TNXP) (Tonix or the
Company), a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company with
marketed products and a pipeline of development candidates, today
announced the launch of its new educational campaign, “Does Your
Migraine Pill Work Every Time?” at this week’s PAINWeek National
Conference in Las Vegas. The goal of the campaign is to educate
patients and their healthcare providers on the benefits of non-oral
migraine medications including nasal and injectable treatment
options.
Gastroparesis is a condition where the stomach
empties food into the small intestine slower than normal. This can
cause symptoms of nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Many
studies over the last 40 years show a connection between
gastroparesis and migraine. Gastroparesis is common before, during,
and sometimes in between migraine attacks. Gastroparesis can slow
or even block the absorption of oral medications causing delayed,
incomplete, or no migraine symptom relief.
“Non-oral migraine medications, such as
injectables and nasal sprays, do not rely on the digestive system
to be absorbed and can offer the potential for faster relief from
migraine symptoms in as little as 10 minutes,” said Deborah I.
Friedman MD, MPH, FAHS, Board Certified Neuro-Ophthalmologist and
Headache Medicine Specialist and Founding Director of the Headache
and Facial Pain Program and Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics Program at
the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Friedman
continued, “There are several options when it comes to nasal and
injectable treatments, and I encourage patients to talk with their
clinician about adding a non-oral medication to their treatment
plan.”
“Migraine often requires patients to advocate
for themselves to develop an effective migraine treatment plan.
Empowering patients to understand why they are experiencing delayed
or inconsistent relief from oral medications and educating them on
other migraine treatment options could ultimately improve their
management of migraine symptoms and ultimately enhance their
quality of life,” said Shoshana Lipson, Executive Director of
Migraine Meanderings™ and Hope for Migraine™.
Tonix will launch a new disease education
website, https://gpmigraine.com/, for patients who want to learn
more about gastroparesis and migraine and why their oral
medications do not work. Migraine Meanderings is hosting a webinar
about gastroparesis on September 19, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. EDT
entitled, “Non-Oral Acute Migraine Meds: Could They Make a
Difference for You?” with Christopher Gottschalk, MD, FAHS Director
Yale Headache Center and Shoshana Lipson, Executive Director of
Migraine Meanderings. Register here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwtfuCgrjopG9FGdw7b5-SftV2Mi47rZWvp#/registration.
“Tonix is dedicated to educating patients and
their healthcare providers on gastroparesis and how non-oral
medicines including nasal and injectable medications can help
patients manage their migraines. We hope to inspire patients to
optimize their migraine treatment plan with non-oral medications,”
said Seth Lederman, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Tonix
Pharmaceuticals.
Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding
Corp.*
Tonix is a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical
company focused on developing, licensing and commercializing
therapeutics to treat and prevent human disease and alleviate
suffering. Tonix’s development portfolio is focused on central
nervous system (CNS) disorders. Tonix’s priority is to submit a New
Drug Application (NDA) to the FDA in the second half of 2024 for
TNX-102 SL, a product candidate for which two statistically
significant Phase 3 studies have been completed for the management
of fibromyalgia. The FDA has granted Fast Track designation to
TNX-102 SL for the management of fibromyalgia. TNX-102 SL is also
being developed to treat acute stress reaction. Tonix’s CNS
portfolio includes TNX-1300 (cocaine esterase), a biologic designed
to treat cocaine intoxication that has Breakthrough Therapy
designation. Tonix’s immunology development portfolio consists of
biologics to address organ transplant rejection, autoimmunity and
cancer, including TNX-1500, which is a humanized monoclonal
antibody targeting CD40-ligand (CD40L or CD154) being developed for
the prevention of allograft rejection and for the treatment of
autoimmune diseases. Tonix also has product candidates in
development in the areas of rare disease and infectious disease.
Tonix Medicines, our commercial subsidiary, markets Zembrace®
SymTouch® (sumatriptan injection) 3 mg and Tosymra® (sumatriptan
nasal spray) 10 mg for the treatment of acute migraine with or
without aura in adults.
*Tonix’s product development candidates are
investigational new drugs or biologics and have not been approved
for any indication.
Zembrace SymTouch and Tosymra are registered
trademarks of Tonix Medicines. All other marks are property of
their respective owners.
This press release and further information about
Tonix can be found at www.tonixpharma.com.
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Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be identified
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“believe,” “forecast,” “estimate,” “expect,” and “intend,” among
others. These forward-looking statements are based on Tonix's
current expectations and actual results could differ materially.
There are a number of factors that could cause actual events to
differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking
statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, risks
related to the failure to obtain FDA clearances or approvals and
noncompliance with FDA regulations; risks related to the failure to
successfully market any of our products; risks related to the
timing and progress of clinical development of our product
candidates; our need for additional financing; uncertainties of
patent protection and litigation; uncertainties of government or
third party payor reimbursement; limited research and development
efforts and dependence upon third parties; and substantial
competition. As with any pharmaceutical under development, there
are significant risks in the development, regulatory approval and
commercialization of new products. Tonix does not undertake an
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement.
Investors should read the risk factors set forth in the Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 1,
2024, and periodic reports filed with the SEC on or after the date
thereof. All of Tonix's forward-looking statements are expressly
qualified by all such risk factors and other cautionary statements.
The information set forth herein speaks only as of the date
thereof.
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